Great looking photos. However I am rather surprised that the DOF is very limited.

Sarah Joyce

Sarah I stand corrected I was shooting at 4.4 Aperture and should have been at 2.8 if possible (that would have helped the DOF)...I didn't check my aperture and it didn't dawn on me until later that that was the DOF problem and I also bumped to 5.6 thinking my shots weren't sharp enough and that cut even more light so the camera couldn't "see" in that darkened creek bed...The larger aperture would have given me much better Macro shots and +1/3 Exp would have helped also I think...I am still learning and I had the 5 & 7 yr old with me, so a little A.D.D. to add with marginal camera skills...LOL...but it is a lot of fun learning!...Thanks for the encouragement...I need all the help can get...

The wind is still gusting to 30mph so that is part of the "sharp" problem...